Three Brothers Arrested For The Kidnapping And Killing Mother Of Five In Abuja

Three brothers have been arrested by the police in connection with the murder of a woman in Abuja.

According to Public Relations Officer of the Police Force, Mr Frank Mba in a statement on Thursday, June 4th in Abuja, said the suspects from Isiekenesi, Ideato Local Government Area in Imo, are helping the police investigate the May 14 murder of Mrs. Janet Ogbonnaya, a mother of five children.


Mba revealed that the trio were arrested by the police in their home town, where they had taken refuge after committing the crime in Abuja, to evade arrest.


Mba said that investigation that led to their arrest followed complaints by one Chinedu Ogbonnaya, who alleged that his mother, Janet, 55, had been kidnapped.


Ogbonnaya told the police that N5 million ransom was being demanded by the kidnappers to secure his mother’s release.


Mba added: “A comprehensive and painstaking investigation by Police operatives resulted in the arrest of the three suspects, who, in the course of interrogation, revealed that the victim had long been murdered and buried.


“Further findings revealed that the victim, a widow, who had been a Facebook friend of the principal suspect, was lured from her home in Gwagwalada, Abuja, to visit the suspect.


“The suspect took advantage of the visit, served her milk spiked with drugs, and subsequently murdered her.”


According to him, the victim was buried in a septic tank, after which the suspects went ahead to reach out to the family, using her phone, to demand N5 million ransom to secure her release.


Mba noted that the suspects, on Thursday, led a team of investigators alongside pathologists to a residence at Wumba District, Lokogoma area of Abuja, where the victim’s decomposing body was exhumed from a septic tank.
The spokesman said that the exhumed body had been taken to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital for forensic examination, while a Toyota Highlander Jeep belonging to the deceased had also been recovered at a mechanic workshop in Apo, where it had been repainted.


Mba said that the vehicle documents had been fraudulently changed with ownership of the stolen vehicle criminally transferred to one of the masterminds of the crime.


According to him, investigation also revealed that the house where the deceased was killed and buried originally belonged to one of the suspects, but was hurriedly sold to a third party to erase evidence.


He advised citizens to be more security conscious and report any suspicious activities within their neighbourhood to the nearest Police Station.



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